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An Electronic Frontier Foundation analysis reveals that police officers frequently use joke reasons like 'LMAO' when searching Flock's surveillance system, raising concerns about privacy abuses and lack of accountability in mass surveillance.

The Winona Police Department announced it will not replace stolen Flock surveillance cameras, prioritizing public trust over crime-solving tools after community backlash.

A Rhode Island police officer discovered unauthorized Flock Safety surveillance cameras in his district, raising privacy concerns about the widespread use of automatic license plate readers across the country.

Savannah Police Department fired six employees for misusing the Flock Safety license plate reader system, including running unauthorized searches on acquaintances and granting outside access. The cases are under criminal investigation by the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, and the department has added weekly audits to prevent future misuse.

Police in Wisconsin used Flock license-plate cameras to track a man's interstate travel to Michigan, a state where marijuana is legal, to create probable cause to search his car for weed, raising concerns about surveillance overreach.

Delhi Police is using AI-powered facial recognition technology to track student protestors, raising concerns about privacy and civil liberties.

Police removed prominent scientists from an ADA meeting, leading to responses from the research community.

A leak of San Francisco police drone footage reveals how Skydio drones were accidentally streaming real-time surveillance video publicly, exposing arrests and tracking, raising privacy concerns.

Two teenagers used a Waymo robotaxi to conduct a drive-by shooting with toy guns, leading to police involvement and highlighting safety concerns with autonomous vehicle misuse.

An investigation reveals that UK police built a sprawling predictive analytics system using sensitive data and machine learning to assign risk scores, but faced issues of transparency and trust as citizens were unaware of their inclusion or scores.

Sacramento County Sheriff's Office used a drone with a dangling magnet to remove a knife from a motionless suspect, marking what they claim is a nationwide first in drone disarmament. The incident has drawn both praise and skepticism over the suspect's lack of resistance.

Jalil Richardson of North Carolina spent over 50 days in jail after Jacksonville police wrongfully arrested him based on an AI facial recognition match with an 85% confidence level, despite his alibi being hundreds of miles away at work.

Robert Dillon is suing Florida police for wrongful arrest after a facial recognition system gave a 93% match on a low-quality image, despite evidence he was 300 miles away. The lawsuit claims police relied on the flawed AI instead of conducting a proper investigation.

London's Metropolitan Police will deploy live facial recognition at a protest for the first time, scanning faces of attendees amid controversy over selective enforcement and privacy concerns.